Grays Timber Products Ltd v Revenue and Customs Commissioners – Times Law Reports

Posted February 4th, 2010 in law reports by sally

Grays Timber Products Ltd v Revenue and Customs Commissioners

Supreme Court

“In assessing whether employment-related securities had been disposed of for a price which exceeded their market value, so as to occasion a charge to income tax, it was necessary to postulate a notional sale between a hypothetical vendor and purchaser, with the personal characteristics of the actual vendor, such as his right under a subscription agreement to a disproportionately large part of the consideration paid, being ignored.”

The Times, 4th February 2010

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Lord Carlile’s ‘credibility’ as terror watchdog questioned by MP – The Guardian

Posted February 4th, 2010 in control orders, human rights, news, terrorism by sally

“The chair of an influential committee of parliamentarians has questioned the independence of the official counter-terrorism watchdog, Lord Carlile, and suggested his term of office should come to an end.”

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The Guardian, 3rd February 2010

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Complaint after Cherie Booth spares religious man jail – BBC News

Posted February 4th, 2010 in judges, news, religious discrimination, sentencing by sally

“A secularist group has lodged an official complaint against Cherie Booth QC after she spared a man from prison because he was religious.”

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BBC News, 4th February 2010

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Supreme ambition, jealousy and outrage – The Times

Posted February 4th, 2010 in news by sally

“Frances Gibb on the judicial bunfight that stopped an outsider from being appointed to the highest court.”

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The Times, 4th February 2010

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Inquest verdict due over GP out-of-hours deaths – BBC News

Posted February 4th, 2010 in doctors, inquests, negligence, news by sally

“A coroner is due to give his verdict into the deaths of two patients treated by an overseas out-of-hours doctor on his first NHS shift.”

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BBC News, 4th February 2010

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£2.3m ruling in London Philharmonic Orchestra fraud case – The Times

Posted February 4th, 2010 in news by sally

“The London Philharmonic Orchestra has won a High Court judgment for £2.3 million against a financial director who allegedly embezzled its funds.”

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The Times, 4th February 2010

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News of the World loses battle over secret phone hacking evidence – The Guardian

Posted February 4th, 2010 in evidence, media, news, telecommunications by sally

“The News of the World yesterday lost a court battle to keep secret evidence which, it is claimed, would reveal widespread use of illegal methods by reporters to obtain personal information about celebrities.”

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The Guardian, 3rd February 2010

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High Court ruling reveals lawyer’s role in £380,000 aviation ‘bribe’ – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted February 4th, 2010 in airlines, appeals, bribery, news, solicitors by sally

“A senior City lawyer arranged for a £380,000 ‘bribe’ to be paid to a former Indian state official in a failed attempt to unlawfully secure a lucrative aviation contract for her clients, a High Court ruling has revealed.”

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Law Society’s Gazette, 4th February 2010

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Changes to civil legal aid crack down on fraud and refocus resources – Ministry of Justice

Posted February 3rd, 2010 in civil justice, fraud, legal aid, Ministry of Justice, news by sally

“Legal Aid Minister Willy Bach has today announced the government will tighten the rules for civil legal aid so that fraudsters are uncovered at an early stage, and funding is better targeted.”

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Ministry of Justice, 3rd February 2010

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Sailor suffered sex discrimination at Hampshire base – BBC News

Posted February 3rd, 2010 in armed forces, employment tribunals, news, sex discrimination by sally

“A female sailor awarded the MBE could receive a six-figure payout after winning a sex discrimination case against the Royal Navy.”

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BBC News, 3rd February 2010

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Crackdown on legal aid will hit expats – The Independent

Posted February 3rd, 2010 in civil justice, domicile, legal aid, news by sally

“British citizens living abroad are to be barred from claiming legal aid in England and Wales as part of a cost-cutting crackdown unveiled by the Government today.”

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The Independent, 3rd February 2010

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Farmer loses fight to save home he hid behind hay bales – The Guardian

Posted February 3rd, 2010 in housing, news, planning by sally

“A Englishman’s house may be his castle – but it stills needs to have planning permission, a farmer learned the hard way today.”

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The Guardian, 3rd February 2010

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Man jailed for raping woman, 86, at Bradford care home – BBC News

Posted February 3rd, 2010 in bail, kidnapping, news, rape, sentencing by sally

“A 19-year-old man has been given an indeterminate jail sentence for the kidnap and rape of an 86-year-old woman in a Bradford care home.”

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BBC News, 3rd February 2010

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BAILII: Recent Decisions

Posted February 3rd, 2010 in law reports by sally

Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)

Hamidi & Anor, R. v [2010] EWCA Crim 66 (02 February 2010)

Court of Appeal (Civil Division)

JML Direct Ltd. v Freesat UK Ltd [2010] EWCA Civ 34 (02 February 2010)

Muschett v HM Prison Service [2010] EWCA Civ 25 (02 February 2010)

Revenue & Customs v Tower MCashback LLP 1 & Anor [2010] EWCA Civ 32 (02 February 2010)

High Court (Administrative Court)

Al-Le Logistics Ltd & Ors, R (on the application of) v Traffic Commissioner for the South Eastern and Metropolitan Traffic Area & Anor [2010] EWHC 134 (Admin) (02 February 2010)

High Court (Commercial Court)

Transfield Shipping Inc v Chiping Xinfa Huayu Alumina Co Ltd [2009] EWHC 3642 (Comm) (22 December 2009)

Great Western Trains Company Ltd v Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd [2010] EWHC 117 (Comm) (02 February 2010)

Porton Capital Technology Funds & Anor v 3m UK Holdings Ltd & Anor [2010] EWHC 114 (Comm) (02 February 2010)

Source: www.bailii.org

University worker offered forged degrees in return for spanking sessions – The Independent

Posted February 3rd, 2010 in conspiracy, forgery, fraud, news, sentencing by sally

“A University of Bath registrar who offered forged degrees to young black women in exchange for spanking sessions to satisfy his sexual fetishes has avoided jail at court.”

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The Independent, 2nd February 2010

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Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI

Posted February 3rd, 2010 in legislation by sally

The Control of Salmonella in Turkey Flocks (Wales) Order 2010

The Employee Study and Training (Eligibility, Complaints and Remedies) Regulations 2010

The Employee Study and Training (Procedural Requirements) Regulations 2010

The Business Rate Supplements (Administrative Expenses) (England) Regulations 2010

The Planning Act 2008 (Railways Designation) Order 2010

The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Controlled Activity and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2010

The Protection from Tobacco (Sales from Vending Machines) (England) Regulations 2010

The Tobacco Advertising and Promotion (Display of Prices) (England) Regulations 2010

The Welsh Zone (Boundaries and Transfer of Functions) Order 2010

The Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005 (Continuance in Force of Sections 1 to 9) Order 2010

Source: www.opsi.gov.uk

Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and another – WLR Daily

Posted February 3rd, 2010 in appeals, change of use, housing, law reports, planning by sally

Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and another [2010] EWCA Civ 26; [2010] WLR (D) 19

“Where planning permission had been granted for the erection of a building for storing agricultural products but the building after erection had been used only as a single dwellinghouse, there had been a change of use of the building to that of a dwellinghouse for the purposes of s 171B(2) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, and accordingly no enforcement action could be taken after the expiry of a 4–year period.”

WLR Daily, 2nd February 2010

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

Byers and others v Yacht Bull Corpn and another – WLR Daily

Posted February 3rd, 2010 in insolvency, jurisdiction, law reports, winding up by sally

Byers and others v Yacht Bull Corpn and another [2010] EWHC 133 (Ch); [2010] WLR (D) 18

“A claim to beneficial ownership of a yacht did not fall within the exception contained in art 1(2)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters so that the Regulation did not apply to ‘proceedings relating to the winding up of insolvent companies’.”

WLR Daily, 2nd February 2010

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

Khan v United Kingdom – Times Law Reports

Posted February 3rd, 2010 in law reports by sally

Khan v United Kingdom

European Court of Human Rights

“The deportation of a Pakistani national who had lived in the United Kingdom since the age of three would be a breach of article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, guaranteeing the right to a family life.”

The Times, 3rd February 2010

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

English law ‘favours sexual partners over relatives’ – BBC News

Posted February 3rd, 2010 in children, news, speeches by sally

“English law favours ‘idle sexual partners over deserving relatives’, Baroness Deech, one of Britain’s most senior family lawyers, has said.”

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BBC News, 2nd February 2010

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